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where $L_{ab}$ is some family of linear integro-differential operators with two indices $a \in \mathcal A$ and $b \in \mathcal B$.
where $L_{ab}$ is some family of linear integro-differential operators with two indices $a \in \mathcal A$ and $b \in \mathcal B$.


The equation appears naturally in zero sum stochastic games with [[Levy processes]].
The equation appears naturally in [[stochastic control|zero sum stochastic games]] with [[Levy processes]].


The equation is [[uniformly elliptic]] with respect to any class $\mathcal{L}$ that contains all the operators $L_{ab}$. Under some conditions on that class, there are interior [[differentiability estimates|$C^{1,\alpha}$ estimates]] for the solution.
The equation is [[uniformly elliptic]] with respect to any class $\mathcal{L}$ that contains all the operators $L_{ab}$. Under some conditions on that class, there are interior [[differentiability estimates|$C^{1,\alpha}$ estimates]] for the solution.
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A more general second order fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic PDE $F(D^2 u, Du, u, x)=0$ can also be written as an Isaacs equation if it is Lipschitz with respect to all parameters.
A more general second order fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic PDE $F(D^2 u, Du, u, x)=0$ can also be written as an Isaacs equation if it is Lipschitz with respect to all parameters.
Under very general assumptions, [[fully nonlinear integro-differential equations]] can be written in the form of an Isaacs equation.




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Latest revision as of 09:14, 26 June 2015

The Isaacs equation is the equality \[ \sup_{a \in \mathcal{A}} \ \inf_{b \in \mathcal{B}} \ L_{ab} u(x) = f(x), \] where $L_{ab}$ is some family of linear integro-differential operators with two indices $a \in \mathcal A$ and $b \in \mathcal B$.

The equation appears naturally in zero sum stochastic games with Levy processes.

The equation is uniformly elliptic with respect to any class $\mathcal{L}$ that contains all the operators $L_{ab}$. Under some conditions on that class, there are interior $C^{1,\alpha}$ estimates for the solution.

Note that any second order fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic PDE $F(D^2 u)=0$ can be written as an Isaacs equation by the following two steps:

  1. $F(X)$ is Lipschitz with constant $\Lambda$, so it is the infimum of all cones $C_{X_0}(x) = F(X_0) + \Lambda|X-X_0|$.
  2. Each cone $C(X)$ is the supremum of all linear functions of the form $L(X) = F(X_0) + \mathrm{tr} \, A \cdot (X-X_0)$ for $||A||\leq \Lambda$.

A more general second order fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic PDE $F(D^2 u, Du, u, x)=0$ can also be written as an Isaacs equation if it is Lipschitz with respect to all parameters.

Under very general assumptions, fully nonlinear integro-differential equations can be written in the form of an Isaacs equation.


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